Back Berea, Johannesburg Afrikaans برئا Persian Berea, Gauteng ID Berea, Johannesburg NSO Berea, Gauteng WAR
Berea | |
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  Berea  Berea | |
| Coordinates: 26°11′06″S 28°03′11″E / 26.185°S 28.053°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1893 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.01 km2 (0.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 42,801 |
| • Density | 42,000/km2 (110,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 97.1% |
| • Coloured | 0.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.9% |
| • White | 0.7% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 32.9% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 18.7% |
| • English | 13.0% |
| • Northern Sotho | 5.0% |
| • Other | 30.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2198 |
Berea is an inner city neighbourhood of Johannesburg, in the South African province of Gauteng. It is east and adjacent to the Johannesburg CBD. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
It is located in between Yeoville and Hillbrow to the east and west respectively. It was designated as a "white" area during apartheid, under the Group Areas Act. For much of the twentieth century it was a middle-class Jewish area.[2][3] In the years preceding and after the repeal of the Group Areas Act in 1991, white residents had begun to migrate to the northern suburbs.[2] The neighbourhood has been home to mostly black Africans since the 1990s.[2] It became notorious for high levels of crime and population density.[2] There have, however, been attempts to regenerate the area in recent years.[4]
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